well, r-texas congressman michael burgess says we need much deeper spending cuts than anyone is talking about. congressman, you know what they say, well, no, no, this austerity stuff will put us into recession. >> oh, there are so many different facets to this, tom. can i just say that the process part, and i know i'm not supposed to talk about process, but it makes me uncomfortable. the same people that were there 18 months ago in that room in the white house are there again. they did not come up with a very good idea in august of 2011, and we have to expect something different this time. but the american people in their wisdom returned the same players to the same positions in the last election, so we will deal with what we have to deal with. i do, you know -- it is important to point out that these are going to be revenue bills which have to originate in the house of representatives under our constituti. the senate has a bill that the house passed in august, and this was a bill to extend all existing tax policy for an additional 12 months. the senate could take that bill, amended if